Minister of Education, Ronald Thwaites
he administration of the Kensington Primary School in Portmore, St. Catherine which was earlier this week placed under an investigation following claims that it was engaging in corporal punishment as a means of disciplining students, is to cease the practice.
Minister of Education, Ronald Thwaites, on Wednesday received a report on the findings of the probe.
According to the document, the Board of Kensington Primary is taking steps to eliminate the use of corporal punishment.
“I received a report which was put together by the regional office of the Ministry of Education …and I am especially pleased with the action of the School Board at Kensington.
“I understand that the chairman and members of the board are dealing with it (the issue of corporal punishment) according to the principles of the Ministry of Education… and I feel certain that there will be no repeat of that kind of action by teachers or anyone else there,” Minister of Education, Ronald Thwaites told the RJR News Centre Wednesday evening.
The Ministry launched the investigation following reports in the media which quoted the school's administration as admitting to flogging students on the basis that it kept them focused and assisted with learning.
Under the Child Care and Protection Act 2004, Section 62 (d), a child in a place of safety, children's home or in the care of a fit person should be free from corporal punishment.
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